We all used hand held cameras to get different shots and angles, while I also got my GoPro into the action, holding it just at water level as our little boat cut through the water.

After filming for an hour, we headed back to the Port Lincoln High School Community Learning Centre to view the footage we'd shot and we came to agreement on a few things:

1 - Make sure you have a stable shot. This might be simply by using your elbows on the side of the boat or if you can safely do it, balancing the camera on the side of the boat, cradling the lens in your free hand. The shots that were filmed hand held were much more wobbly than the stable shots.

2 - The movement of the boat looks natural in the shot so go with the flow. But still balance your elbows or hands on the side of the boat for the steadiest shot of the movement.

3 - Ensure the camera strap is around your neck. You don't want to lose it overboard. If you're using an underwater camera, use a strap and wrap it multiple times around your hand. *Our tour guide Freddy says there are quite a number of GoPro's on the seabed out at the Neptune Islands where people swim with Great White Sharks - as they use the head strap, but then remove their goggles without remembering to take the camera off first and away it goes (no one wants to free dive down after it out there).

4 - Try with a camera that can get wet (underwater housing), but take the camera out, fill the sink and test the housing first so that you know that the seals work, before risking your camera.

5 - The shots that were filmed at the front of the boat and those alongside the boat of it slicing through the water were quite amazing and are worth trying, but only with a waterproof camera or very, very carefully!

6 - If you're trying to get atmospheric sound in your shots remember to think about wind direction - swap sides of the boat if you have to, to get the protection. And don't be afraid to ask people to just be quiet for a minute while you capture the sound of the water.

7 - When you're filming fishing boats that are moored, don't zoom in too close when you're travelling/panning past them in a boat. We found out that even though these shots looked fine as you were looking as the shot happening, the pan was too fast and made us feel a bit dizzy.

8 - If the video you're making is about the trip, try to get some footage of everyone on board by placing your camera up the front, looking down the length of the boat.

9 - Make sure you take sunscreen and a hat.

10 - Have fun!

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